Steve Truan

Steve Truan was born in Truro, Cornwall, in 1969. He moved to Milton Keynes after university, in 1993, to find a job in teaching; he met his wife here (she was also a teacher, then in New Bradwell). He now teaches at Radcliffe School, where he is Assistant Headteacher. Living in Wolverton, he enjoys the ‘villagey town’ environment, but also the amenities of the city and easy access to cities like London. Having lived in MK for 31 years, he has seen ‘massive’ changes: from fields to the building of estates. He feels MK has become less personal, due to population growth, and travel now takes much longer: where it would once take five minutes to cross the city it now takes twenty-five.

Steve thinks Milton Keynes has an exciting future, potentially with a new University as a centre for STEM for the country. He thinks it’s important that the infrastructure keeps up with the growth of the city, particularly in terms of public transport and hospitals. He notes that whilst outsiders view Milton Keynes as the place with concrete cows and roundabouts, there is actually a huge cultural and art scene which is always growing and needs to be celebrated. He talks about the way green spaces in the city are essential to balance the roadways and building with environmental health and care for the climate. He thinks its essential that green are not commercialised, but are left alone for people to escape into.